Inty wrote:
"Peter Smith" ha scritto nel messaggio
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I really am not comfortable repairing the PS myself, I was just going to
tell them the cost of a rebuilt supply if they wanted to get it fixed. I

Hum, are you sure that the price of the fix is worth the value of the VCR
and of a new VCR ?
I STRONGLY recommend you to repair your PS by yourself !!! But be careful,
there are 200-350VDC on the primary side !!! Let the capacitors descharge
before repair it, or connect a small bulb (i.e. 40-60W) to the terminals of
the biggest capacitors, to descharge it and work safely !!! To learn more
about safety and SMPS read this group's faq at www.repairfaq.org !!!

I.

It's definitely worth it recapping the power supply in that VCR.
That's an early-mid 90's Panasonic-made VCR, and those power supplies
were notorious for the electrolytics going bad. He's probably seeing
the early stages of capacitor failure, the VCR will eventually not
power up at all.

We have the same model VCRs in my wife's store for recording the
security cameras. It was in the store when we bought it in 1998,
and has been recording 16 hrs/day, 7 day/week since then. (The rest
of the video equip. has mfg. dates of 1996, so the VCR was likely
put in service about that time) I don't think any new VCR would hold
up under that kind of use. Which is why I plan on replacing the video
heads on it when they finally go(SP died a couple years ago, but EP is
still holding on.)

If the OP doesn't have an ESR meter to test the caps, just replace all
the electrolytic caps, except maybe the large 160 - 200 volt cap on the

primary side. I use low-ESR, 105 deg. Nichicon caps, I order from
Mouser Electronics. They don't have a minimum order (the caps will
total $10), and they don't rip you off on shipping fees.

Mike
WB2MEP